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JCP Service Corps: Blacks, Jews & the American South
The Service Corps Experience
Travel the American South with other Jewish teens:
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Cleveland, Mound Bayou, Shaw, Indianola, Greenville and Clarksdale, Mississippi.
- While in Mississippi, participants will be based in Jackson Mississippi at Tougaloo College, an historic Black college that was home to Freedom Riders and Civil Rights workers throughout the 1960s.
- Montgomery, Selma and Birmingham, Alabama
Sample Itinerary for the Mississippi-based portion of the trip:
- Morning: Visit the Emmett Till Interactive Museum
- Afternoon: Visit a Jewish community in the area that is over 100 years old; Meet local activists and educators who work on ensuring voting rights for all.
- Evening: Enjoy a night of Blues music
Sample Itinerary for the Alabama-based portion of the trip:
- Morning: Visit the Civil Rights Institute and the 16th Street Baptist Church; cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
- Afternoon: sit on the bus where Rosa Parks began her Montgomery Bus Boycott and meet with leaders at the Equal Justice Initiative; visit the Lynching Memorial in Montgomery
- Evening: visit Tuskegee and Auburn, home to Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver and learn about the historical alliance between the Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and Booker Washington.
- Local church and synagogue clean-up and maintenance in small towns throughout the Mississippi Delta
- Cemetery maintenance and revitalization work
- Tutoring and volunteer work in the Jackson Public Schools and the Jackson Hinds Public Library.
Learn from Experts and Local Community Leaders on important topics including:
- Exploring Southern Jewish Identity
- Southern Jews and Civil Rights
- Legacy of Jewish Volunteers in Mississippi
- Contemporary Inequity in Mississippi
- Public History and Collective Memory
- Reflection and Commitment to Building a Better World
Start and End Dates
08/01/2019 to 08/14/2019
Duration
2 weeks
Additional Information
Kosher food
Shabbat friendly